In order to assure a safe and adequate system of airports within this state:
1. In every county wherein there is no active airport, the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission is authorized to construct within such county or a municipality located therein or upon land owned by the federal government but under the active control of the state, county or a municipality located within such county a runway of not less than two thousand six hundred (2,600) feet in length and to repair, maintain and hardsurface such runway.
2. In each county wherein there already exists an active airport owned by such county or a municipality located therein or upon land owned by the federal government but under the active control of the state, county or a municipality located within such county, but there does not exist within such county a hardsurfaced runway of at least two thousand six hundred (2,600) feet in length, the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission may construct upon such lands as those described in paragraph 1 of this section a runway of not less than two thousand six hundred (2,600) feet and may repair, maintain and hardsurface such runway, or may, where sufficient land is available for such purpose, expand such existing airport to a length of two thousand six hundred (2,600) feet and may thereupon repair, maintain and hardsurface the entire runway.
3. During the fiscal year in which federal funds are available under the Federal Airport Program for development or improvement of a state, county or city owned or controlled airport, the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission shall be prohibited from performing any construction or major repair work upon such airstrip unless and until such federal funds have been available for such purpose.
4. The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission, in any county where no airport containing two thousand six hundred (2,600) feet or more runway exists, is authorized to accept gifts of land to be used for a county airport and of money to be used to acquire an airport.
5. The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission is further authorized to accept federal grants for construction, repair, maintenance and other purposes not inconsistent with the provisions of this section and to utilize machinery and material for the purpose of matching available federal funds and grants.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 354, § 10, emerg. eff. June 22, 1963. Amended by Laws 1979, c. 40, § 3, emerg. eff. April 9, 1979; Laws 1981, c. 140, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 1981; Laws 1995, c. 181, § 5, eff. July 1, 1995.